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 Review of Batman The Dark Knight @ Six Flags New England
1 Rating Posted by: CoastrGlxy on 10/12/2005 5:54:00 PM
Batman - TDK just barely inches itself up to a 7 for me. Its floorless with open cars, mostly smooth, some pretty good theming with a nice looking station and its got one of my favorite inversions, the zero-g roll. Also, because of its capacity, like with most B&Ms the line should move fast. However, when I was at SFNE there wasnt a line. All these plusses add up to a Good coaster, but nothing more. The layout is pretty short and uninspiring, but at the same time its a good use of the little land they had to work with. Also, I dont really like compact looping coasters as they tend to have their inversions too close together. Thats not so much of a problem here with the first three inversions (vertical loop, dive loop, and the zero-g roll) but the B&M signature interlocking corkscrews are uncharacteristically rough. Theyre immediatley followed by the brakes and the rides over. Lastly, its compact size keeps the speed and intensity at a minimum. Which isnt completely a bad thing, but when I got off I wasnt like, "Wow that little coaster packed a punch". It was more like, "Okay. That was a B&M floorless." Still a good installation for any park. Final Rating - 7.0 (Good)
 

Review Comments

mrceagle on 10/13/2005 4:49:29 PM said:
I do wish they woudl ahve spent a bit more space on this. the land availabe woudl have given them space for a better interlocking Corscrews I also wish they would have dove unter the brake run and helixed into the brack run. I think those little changest woudl have given you wat you wanted. Good review though. allot of great info and discription. I find that the zero G roll on batman is one fo th ebest to be found.
CoastrGlxy on 10/13/2005 6:15:34 PM said:
Yeah it is a great roll and its at a great place above the walkway. And I agree a more spread out layout like a helix after the corkscrews wouldve really helped. The stop after those inversions is pretty abrupt.
mrceagle on 10/14/2005 11:13:47 AM said:
Its worse in the back your not even off the layout when your first slowing down.
BobFunland on 10/15/2005 1:09:15 AM said:
How can you make them better? Theres not much you can do with them...
mrceagle on 10/15/2005 1:45:46 AM said:
If your talkign about the Corkscrews were refering to the assumption that slightly larger corkscrews woudl provide a better ride.
BobFunland on 10/15/2005 2:07:21 AM said:
Why? Then you would lose a lot of the forces
mrceagle on 10/17/2005 11:40:32 AM said:
Right now the Forces are causign the train to shack. Im not sayign may them so big it just slids through them. but they should be able to find a medium.
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